British Third Rate ship of the line 'Fame' (1759)

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Fame ➡ 1801 Guildford

299
Nominal Guns74B028
NationalityGreat Britain
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered13.4.1756BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down28.5.1756BWAS-1714
Named13.4.1756B028
Launched1.1.1759B028
First Commissioned16.2.1759B028
How acquiredPurpose builtB028
ShipyardRotherhithe - London - Surrey B028
Designed by
William BatelyBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1741-1755
BWAS-1714
Constructor
Henry BirdBritish
Designer
Ship Owner
Ship Builder
Service 1758-1759
BWAS-1714
CategoryThird RateB028
Ship TypeShip of the LineB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Sold30.9.1814B028

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck165' 6"Imperial Feet50.2943 
Length of Keel135' 8"Imperial Feet41.1538 
Breadth46' 7"Imperial Feet14.0504 
Depth in Hold19' 10 ½Imperial Feet5.8039 
Burthen1,565 89⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1759Broadside Weight = 781 Imperial Pound ( 354.1835 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck14 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1.1.1759550EstablishmentBWAS-1714

17 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
16.2.1759 - 29.1.1763Captain
John ByronBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1780
ADM 6/19/36BWAS-17146.5.1763 - 6.5.1766Captain
John LloydBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1722-1778
ADM 6/19/493BWAS-17146.5.1766 - 26.2.1768Captain
John ReynoldsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1787
ADM 6/20/117BWAS-171420.10.1770 - 7.11.1771Captain
Paul Henry OurryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1742-1773
Transfered ADM 6/20/303BWAS-171420.9.1777 - 15.6.1779Captain
Stephen ColbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1779
ADM 6/21/316BWAS-171427.2.1779 - 14.7.1779Captain
Thomas CollingwoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1750-1779
Transfered ADM 6/22/199
Issued by
John ByronBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1780
, North America
Confirmed 21.11.1780ADM 6/2215.6.1779 - 30.5.1781Captain
John ButchartBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1760-1784
Transfered ADM 6/22/46
Issued by
John ByronBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1780
, North America
Confirmed 2.11.1779ADM 6/2225.9.1781 - 8.3.1781Captain
Robert BarberBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1744-1782
ADM 6/22/344BWAS-171419.4.1782 - 2.7.1783Captain
George WilsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1810
ADM 6/23/117
Issued by
George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados - Windward Islands - Barbados & the Leeward Islands
Confirmed 20.8.1783BWAS-171412.8.1790 - 27.10.1790Captain
Robert StopfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1830
: on board from 16.8.1790 Transfered ADM 6/24/60ADM 6/2415.10.1790 - 11.1.1791Captain
William TruscottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1797
ADM 6/24/78ADM 6/2427.11.1795 - 7.2.1797Captain
Thomas TaylorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1810
BWAS-171411.1797 - 1.1806Lieutenant
John WatherstonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1806
BWAS-17141.1806 - 4.1807Lieutenant
Robert TrotterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1799-1841
BWAS-17144.1807 - 15.7.1807Lieutenant
George KeenorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1808
BWAS-171425.11.1807 - 1812Lieutenant
John CrouchBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1807-1812
BWAS-17141812 - 1814Lieutenant
William CoetBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1814
BWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
20.10.1770 - 7.11.1771Rear-Admiral of the Blue
Richard SpryBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1733-1775
TransferedBWAS-1714

13 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
15.3.1759 - 29.1.1763First Lieutenant
John FergusonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1814
ADM 6/19/44ADM 6/1911.5.1763 - 26.2.1768Third Lieutenant
Abraham CrespinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1781
ADM 6/19/496ADM 6/198.3.1766 - 24.3.1767First Lieutenant
James BuckinghamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1779
ADM 6/20/111ADM 6/2024.3.1767 - 30.11.1770Second Lieutenant
James BuckinghamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1747-1779
Transfered ADM 6/20/160ADM 6/2030.10.1770 - 7.11.1771First Lieutenant
Charles CaldwellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1749-1776
Transfered ADM 6/20/307ADM 6/2028.2.1778 - 15.4.1778First Lieutenant
Thomas MoriceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1778
ADM 6/21/373B16515.4.1778 - c.1779First Lieutenant
David MaitlandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1779
† Discharged Dead ADM 6/21/390ADM 10412.8.1790 - 21.11.1790First Lieutenant
Robert WarburtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1786-1798
ADM 6/24/60ADM 6/2412.8.1790 - 19.4.1793Third Lieutenant
Walter JewellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1776-1793
Transfered ADM 6/24/60ADM 6/2412.8.1790 - 1790Fourth Lieutenant
James JackBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1814
ADM 6/24/60ADM 6/2430.8.1790 - 30.6.1793Fifth Lieutenant
Austin TernanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1783-1798
Transfered ADM 6/24/63ADM 6/2427.10.1790 - 1790Sixth Lieutenant
Henry Harding ParkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1786-1793
ADM 6/24/82ADM 6/244.1.1808 - 11.6.1809Lieutenant
Henry BourneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1801-1830
NBD1849

3 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1772 - 23.7.1772Purser
George LawranceBritish
Naval Sailor
Dockyard Staff
Service 1772-1779
Transfered ADM 6/20/450ADM 6/2019.3.1778 - 15.4.1778Acting Carpenter
Richard BryantBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1802
ADM 29-123.3.1812 - 4.2.1814Master
Christopher AndersonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1805-1814
ADM 196/1/2ADM 196

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
2.1807 - 9.10.1809Master's Mate
John William MontaguBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1803-1846
NBD1849

Service History


DateEventSource
2.1759Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
12.3.1759Completed at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £26392.10.9dBWAS-1714
12.3.1759Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £9169.9.11dBWAS-1714
27.3.1760Sailed for LouisburgBWAS-1714
1.4.1760Took the Privateer
Le Pallas (14) 1759-1760
French 14 Gun
Privateer Unknown
off Brest
8.7.1760Action in Chaleur Bay
29.3.1761Expedition against Belle-Isle
5.2.1762Took the East Indiaman
Le Villevault (22) 1761-1762
French 22 Gun
Merchant East Indiaman

25.2.1762Took the Privateer
L'Ecureuil (10) 1762-1762
French 10 Gun
Privateer Unknown

22.4.1762Took the Privateer
La Mimi (Unknown) 1762-1762
French Unknown Gun
Privateer Unknown

29.1.1763

Paid off

ADM 33
5.1763Recommissioned as guardship at PlymouthBWAS-1714
6.1763Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
9.1763Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £6709.8.5dBWAS-1714
4.1764Sailed with troops for the West IndiesBWAS-1714
4.1764fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
1766Guardship at PlymouthBWAS-1714
1.1768fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £7271.15.0dBWAS-1714
2.1768Run ashore near Drake's IslandBWAS-1714
2.1768Began small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
26.2.1768

Paid off

ADM 33
7.1768Completed small repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £3733.15.0dBWAS-1714
10.1770Recommissioned for the Falkland IslandsBWAS-1714
9.1771fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £6634.18.9dBWAS-1714
12.11.1771

Paid off

BWAS-1714
11.1773Began middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
2.1776Completed middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £14857.6.4dBWAS-1714
2.1776Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
9.1777RecommissionedBWAS-1714
3.1778Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £5562.15.0dBWAS-1714
9.6.1778Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1714
13.12.1778Sailed for the West IndiesBWAS-1714
1779In the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
6.7.1779Battle of Grenada
8.3.1781

Paid off

ADM 34
4.1781Began middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
11.1781Completed middling repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £22547.9.2dBWAS-1714
15.1.1782Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
12.4.1782Battle of the Saintes
21.7.1782Sailed to AmericaBWAS-1714
5.9.1782Arrived at New YorkBWAS-1714
24.10.1782Sailed from New York for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
2.7.1783

Paid off

ADM 34
6.1790Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
10.1790Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £12674.17.3dBWAS-1714
3.1796fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £27159.0.0dBWAS-1714
11.1.1797Arrived at Portsmouth to pay offBWAS-1714
7.2.1797

Paid off

ADM 33
11.1797Refitted as a Unrated Prison Ship
21.11.1797

Recommissioned as a prison ship

ADM 35
1801Prison ship at PortsmouthBWAS-1714
1801Renamed GuildfordBWAS-1714
21.4.1802Paid offADM 35
15.7.1807Paid offADM 35
14.12.1809Paid offADM 35
30.9.1814Sold at Portsmouth for £2,400BWAS-1714

 
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